Chords for Smiley Bates Mom Can You Hear Me

[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Mom, can you hear me, Mom, [B] _ _
as I talk to you in prayer _ _ [F#] _ _
to tell you life feels empty now
_ [C#] _
[G#m] since you have moved [C#] upstairs?
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Your love is missed by everyone, _ [B] _
love and kindness you have shown.
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Your absence here is greater [C#] than [F#] one has ever known. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Turning back the pages, Mom, _ [B] _
_ in life for you and me, _ _ [F#] _
_ I always look to far off hills [C#]
they
[G#] seem [C#] to set me free.
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_ That wandering fever had [G#] me, Mom, [F#] _ [B] _
_ out in this world we live in.
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_ Though there were [C#] times that came to mind _ [F#]
on memories of my home, _ _ _ _ I _ never found those
pastures green _
[B] that time has now erased, _ _
[F#] _ _ or took a stand that I might claim _
[C#] _ for my belonging place. _ _
[F#] _ _ Now sadness of my eyes revealed [B] _ the sorrow in my heart _ _
[F#] _ _ when time [C#] reviews those wasted
years [F#] that tore my world apart. _ _ _ _
_ _ But in my darkest hours of need, [B] _ _ when trouble took command, _
[F#] _ I always knew that you were _
[C#] _ there [G#m] to give [C#] that helping hand. _ _
[F#] _ _ Your fee for deeds [G#] were always [F#] small, [B] _ _ your burden sometimes more. _
[F#] _ _ _ [C#] When often I had been the cause, [F#] when shame knocked on your door, _ _ _ _ _ since you have gone,
Mom, I promise, Mom, [B] _ your prayers are mine to keep. _ _
[F#] _ With all my heart I pray, the Lord, _
[C#] _ that [G#m] you may [C#] rest in peace. _ _
[F#] _ _ I promise, Mom, to be the man _
[B] _ that you raised me up to be, _ _
[F#] and _ [C#] bear the cross of Jesus [F#] that
you bore for me. _ _ _ _ _
_ Mom, _ can you hear me, Mom?
[B] _ Has my voice been coming? _ _ _
[F#] _ Have you heard these words I've spoken? _ _
[C#] _ _ [G#m] Do you [C#] know that I love you? _ _
[F#] _ _ Did you hear me speak my [C#m] promise [F#] _
[B] _ _ to keep until the end, _ _
[F#] that you may [C#] rest in glory,
Mom, [F#] in Jesus' name, Amen.
_ _ [B] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ [C#] _
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